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oreillet, ‖ oreillette|ˈɒrɪlɛt, ɔrɛjɛt|
Forms: 6 orrelette, orrellet, orilyeit, 7 aurielet, 9 oreillet(te.
[a. F. oreillette fem. (formerly also oreillet masc.), a little ear, earlet, covering or ornament for the ear, auricle of the heart, etc. (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), dim. of oreille ear: see -et1.]
†a. A part of a head-dress covering the ears.
†b. A covering or defence for the ears.
c. The ear-piece of a helmet.
a1548Hall Chron. (1809) 519 Ye orrelettes [Holinshed (1587) III. 808/2 orrellets] were of rolles wrethed on lampas douck holow, so that the golde shewed thorow. 1578Inv. R. Wardrobes (1815) 232 Ane quaiff with a orilyeit of holane claith sewit with crammosie silk. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 52 That children should have certaine aurielets [Amyot in Littré, aureillettes de fer] or bolsters to hang about their eares for their defence. 1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 195 Sometimes the oreillets themselves [temp. Hen. VI] have spikes projecting from their centres. |